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timepiececlock) wrote2002-11-25 11:24 am
timepiececlock) wrote2002-11-25 11:24 am
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I am distracting myself from Buffy thoughts by other tv thoughts instead.
I overheard someone talking about Babylon 5, and it made me grin a bit, because I liked that show so much when it was on.
It only ran for five seasons, but it was better--I thought-- than all of the Star Trek shows to date. Why? Well, because it wasn't an explorer show. It had the aliens and the weirdness, but it was about politics. It was about wars that changed the galaxy, not exploring the galaxy and pausing every once and a while for a war.
The concept of Babylon 5 was similar to the concept of Star Trek : Deep Space 9, only DS9 never pulled it off quite as well. It didn't seem as realistic, probably because it was trapped in the Star Trek universe.
I dunno why, but Babylon 5 always seem more interesting. Take Lando (sp?)-- he was an incredibly complex character... he could be a conniving bastard, but he was a patriot to his people too. At varying points in the series he was a spy, a diplomat, an assassin (or something close), a hero, an emperor... he was fun to hate, fun to like, and fun to watch. And the intereaction between him and that one other alien leader of the Narns (god his name's flying right out my ears at this moment) was great as well... sometimes they hated each other, and sometimes they were almost friends.
And Babylon 5 had *The Shadows* as their enemies. The Shadows were cool.... scary-looking spidery aliens that no one could see, who also had this weird little alien thing that latched onto your neck and controlled your every move (unless you were like Lando in the future flash, and realized if got drunk enough it slept).
The show was big on conspiracies, big on intricate plots. I liked the Telepaths. And I loved how the big battle in the end of the show was the take-over of Earth. Ironic, really, because this was a space show where taking over Earth was a GOOD thing.
Anyway, that's enough fan blabbing. I think I might buy the DVDs as a box set at some (far far) later date.
I overheard someone talking about Babylon 5, and it made me grin a bit, because I liked that show so much when it was on.
It only ran for five seasons, but it was better--I thought-- than all of the Star Trek shows to date. Why? Well, because it wasn't an explorer show. It had the aliens and the weirdness, but it was about politics. It was about wars that changed the galaxy, not exploring the galaxy and pausing every once and a while for a war.
The concept of Babylon 5 was similar to the concept of Star Trek : Deep Space 9, only DS9 never pulled it off quite as well. It didn't seem as realistic, probably because it was trapped in the Star Trek universe.
I dunno why, but Babylon 5 always seem more interesting. Take Lando (sp?)-- he was an incredibly complex character... he could be a conniving bastard, but he was a patriot to his people too. At varying points in the series he was a spy, a diplomat, an assassin (or something close), a hero, an emperor... he was fun to hate, fun to like, and fun to watch. And the intereaction between him and that one other alien leader of the Narns (god his name's flying right out my ears at this moment) was great as well... sometimes they hated each other, and sometimes they were almost friends.
And Babylon 5 had *The Shadows* as their enemies. The Shadows were cool.... scary-looking spidery aliens that no one could see, who also had this weird little alien thing that latched onto your neck and controlled your every move (unless you were like Lando in the future flash, and realized if got drunk enough it slept).
The show was big on conspiracies, big on intricate plots. I liked the Telepaths. And I loved how the big battle in the end of the show was the take-over of Earth. Ironic, really, because this was a space show where taking over Earth was a GOOD thing.
Anyway, that's enough fan blabbing. I think I might buy the DVDs as a box set at some (far far) later date.
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Babylon 5 is like comfort food to me. I am a big Deep Space Nine fan, but have to acknowledge its weaknesses- it had such a good base, such potential, but I think it came off sort of cowardly in comparison to where it could have gone. Babylon 5, however, was much more brave, much more complex, and just a hell of a lot of fun.
Plus, I loved Marcus. There's nothing better than a tragic love story.
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YES! That was his name!
Plus, I loved Marcus. There's nothing better than a tragic love story.
Marcus was my favorite guy on that show. I like him so much better than what's he name, nad yet she survived! GRRR!!! But I loved him. He was... charming. And fun. And I always thought he would have made a great Aragorn (though believe me, the guy from LotR is well casted too). I liked his friendship with the doctor (stephen?). And I like the security guy too... the onw who went slightly paranoid crazy and was screwed with by the enemy? I liked him.
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It's so funny that you said that- I was just thinking the same thing last night. I have an amazingly huge crush on Viggo Mortensen and have ever since I checked out his paintings a few years ago- he's very talented (and so hot it kills me- even when under a layer of Aragon gunk and grime). But the Husband and I were watching the new LoTR DVD that has the extra 30+ minutes and trying to figure out how we would recast it (not that we'd really want to, it's so well casted) and I immediatly thought of the Marcus actor (Jason... I can't remember his last name). He'd pull off the whole dangerous but good guy thing really well.
And Garibaldi was fun too. Sorta like Spike's current plotline, actually. The Big Bad took control and made him do terrible things he'd never do otherwise, and then a nice redemption/forgiveness plotline. Heh. I see Spike everywhere. Therapy, here I come. :P
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See, my family does this thing where we try to think who we'd cast in movies of our favorite books. Since we saw Marcus we all immediately thought he'd be a good choice (he carries the long brown hair pretty nicely). As an aside-- we also think Jim Carey would be a wonderful Arthur Dent (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy), and that it sucks that Clint Eastwood is so old because would have been the only logical choice for Roland of Gilead (The Gunslinger, the Dark Tower books).
Heh. I see Spike everywhere. Therapy, here I come. :P
You're hardly the first--- see the girl in the shrink's waiting room with the freckles and too-long hair? That's me, fellow Spike fangirl.